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B-52’s Releasing Career-Spanning Rainbow-Vinyl Box Set

The iconic New Wave band is releasing 'The Warner and Reprise Years' on June 20, collecting their first nine albums on colored vinyl

The band found unlikely success with their surprise 1978 hit “Rock Lobster,” a highlight of their landmark self-titled debut, which sits at #198 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. “When we first played Max’s,” Pierson told Rolling Stone of their first New York gig, “people thought Cindy and I were drag queens — we wore these gigantic wigs that sort of hid our faces.” Their fifth album, Cosmic Thing, is arguably one of the best comeback records in rock history, containing the massive hit “Love Shack,” as well as beloved songs like “Roam” and “Deadbeat Club,” the latter a fond reflection on their early days back in Athens.

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